Falklands Conservation's Oiled Seabird Rehabilitation Facility deals with low numbers of seabirds, specifically oiled penguins. The facility is located near to the Veterinary Department in Stanley.

The Oiled Seabird Rehabilitation Facility was developed in response to a review of the Islands’ ability to deal with oiled wildlife in 2010. Falklands Conservation are able to respond to small-scale oil spills and the facility has capacity to deal with up to 20 seabirds at any one time (oiled penguins are currently the most frequently rescued wildlife that we rehabilitate).

A Northern Rockhopper Penguin has been residing at the Falklands in amongst a colony of Southern Rockhoppers. It was first spotted during the Falkland Islands Seabird Monitoring Programme when Falklands Conservation staff visited this particular colony on East Falkland and has also been seen on numerous occasions by local birding enthusiasts.

UPDATE: The Northern Rockhopper finds a mate! The first recorded case at the Falklands of a Nothern Rockhopper x Southern Rockhopper Penguin pair producing a hybrid chick was witnessed on 10th December 2014. The pair were observed sitting on a very small (perhaps 1-2 days old) chick.

King penguins are the second largest species of penguin (Emperor penguin being the largest). They breed on several subantarctic islands, including South Georgia - but the Falklands population is particularly special! This is because the Falkland Isands population is the most temperate breeding site of king penguins in the world.

Pistorius P, Baylis A, Crofts S, Putz K. (2012) Population development and historical occurrence of King penguins at the Falkland Islands. Antarctic Science.

We deployed SIRTRACK satellite tags during winter 2011 on eight breeding king penguins for periods of 32 – 124 days. King penguins stop feeding their chicks for up to 5 months over winter, which allows them to undertake extended foraging trips that often exceed 50 days. This season, two of the eight satellite tracked king penguins have undertaken remarkable foraging trips over winter.....1800km (round trip) to the Antarctic and back! Combined, the data set (see figure below) represents 733 tracking days and 10,000 at-sea locations.

Our conservation work builds upon previous research to highlight multiple foraging strategies over winter and a degree of foraging plasticity that is simply awesome. The data is an important step towards identifying ecologically important areas at-sea; a goal of Falklands Conservation. We thank the WWF and the local land owners involved for sharing our passion in the conservation of marine biodiversity.

Our Mission

"In partnership with government, industry and the global community, Falklands Conservation will engage and empower the people of the Falkland Islands to take action with us to conserve biodiversity and manage landscapes and seascapes for the benefit of nature and people"

Falklands Office

Jubilee VillasRoss RoadStanleyFIQQ 1ZZ

Tel: +500 22247Fax: +500 22288

UK Director

David Spivack

1 Waterloo Close,Abbotsley,St Neots,Cambridgeshire PE19 6UX

Tel: +44 (0)1767 679039

Just Giving

For those people who wish just to donate any amount of money to Falklands Conservation, which we will use to help the wildlife of the Falkland Islands, we have teamed up with